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228. CHATEAU OF COULOMMIER-EN-BRIE, BY S. DE BROSSE (1617-25); Now 

 IN RUINS. FRONT ELEVATION. FROM MAROT. 



pavilions projecting on each side of the angles, and in the domical 

 entrance pavilion in the centre of the one-storeyed screen-gallery 

 (Figs. 162 and 228). Entrances in the centre of each wing led direct 

 to the staircases. The upper end of the court was slightly raised in 

 a manner usual throughout the century, and the inner angles of the 

 building at each end of the terrace were rounded off by a curved 

 colonnade, initiating a method of treating one or other end of the court 

 which was largely imitated subsequently. The three wings and side 

 pavilions had two storeys, but the front and back pavilions three. 

 The external elevations were heavily 

 rusticated, but not the internal which 

 with the front were treated with orders 

 of coupled pilasters, sculpture, and 

 other enrichments. Above the main 

 cornice a cresting of elaborate ceils- 

 de-bceuf alternating with equally elabo- 

 rate pinnacles made the entire circuit 

 of the building. The total effect 

 must have been magnificent in the 

 extreme. 



THE LUXEMBOURG. The Lux- 

 embourg (Figs. 230 and 231), though 

 in many respects similar to Coulom- 

 mier, and equally grave, does not rival 

 it in richness or variety of outline. 229 CHATEAU OF COULOMMIER : 

 The entrance pavilion and screen are PLAN. FROM MAROT. 



